Last updated: August 13, 2026
As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.
Branding Design Pro contains affiliate links. If you click one and buy something, I may receive a commission. It costs you nothing extra, and it does not change what I recommend.
That is the short version, and if it is all you needed, you can stop reading. The rest of this page exists because I would rather over-explain how this site makes money than have you wonder about it halfway through an article. Trust is the entire product here. A design blog that quietly takes money to say nice things is worth less than nothing, so here is the whole arrangement in plain language.
What an affiliate link actually is
An affiliate link is an ordinary link with a tracking code attached to it. When you click one, the retailer—usually Amazon—records that you arrived from this site. If you then buy something within their tracking window, they pay me a small percentage of the sale as a referral fee.
Three things follow from that, and all three matter:
- You never pay more. The commission comes out of the retailer’s margin, not your wallet. The price you see through my link is the same price you would see typing the product name in yourself.
- You are under no obligation. Clicking a link commits you to nothing. You can close the tab, buy a competing product, or buy the same product elsewhere. Nothing about the link changes what you can do.
- I do not see your personal information. I receive aggregate reporting from Amazon—how many clicks a link got, what categories of items were purchased, what was earned. I do not see your name, your address, your payment details, or your order history. Amazon does not share that with me and I would not want it.
The programs I participate in
Amazon Associates
Branding Design Pro LLC is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com. Amazon and the Amazon logo are trademarks of Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates.
This is the primary way the site is monetized. When I mention a drawing tablet, a colour reference book, a monitor calibrator, or any other physical tool in a post, the link to it is usually an Amazon affiliate link.
My participation in the Associates Program does not mean Amazon endorses, sponsors, reviews, or has any involvement in the content published here. Amazon has never seen a word of it before you have. Opinions on this site are entirely my own.
Other programs
[If you join other affiliate programs later, list them here. For example: software affiliate programs, print-on-demand services, course platforms, or design-tool referral schemes. Keep this list current—an out-of-date disclosure page is a worse problem than no disclosure page. If you are currently Amazon-only, replace this paragraph with: “At present, Amazon Associates is the only affiliate program this site participates in. If that changes, this page will be updated before any new links go live.”]
Where affiliate links appear on this site
Affiliate links can appear in blog posts, tutorials, tool round-ups, resource lists, and design case studies—anywhere I mention a product you could go out and buy. They may be attached to product names, to images, or to buttons.
You will find a disclosure notice near the top of every article that contains one, before the first link, so you know before you read rather than after. Where a link sits far from that notice, it is marked inline. Every affiliate link on this site also carries the sponsored link attribute, which is the machine-readable version of the same admission.
Articles with no affiliate links carry no notice. If you do not see one, there is nothing to disclose.
How I decide what to recommend
This is the part that actually matters, and it is the part most disclosure pages skip.
I have spent over fifteen years in brand and design work. The tools I write about are, overwhelmingly, tools I have bought with my own money and used on real client projects. When I recommend something I have not personally used—because it is new, or expensive, or outside my own workflow—I say so explicitly in the article rather than implying first-hand experience I do not have.
Commission rates vary by product category, and they vary enough that they could, in principle, bias a recommendation. They do not. I do not rank products by what they pay. Where a cheaper option is the better option, I say so, and I have recommended free tools and secondhand purchases in posts that earn nothing at all. If a product I have previously recommended declines in quality, I go back and update the post rather than leaving a profitable but stale recommendation standing.
No brand pays for placement on this site. Nobody can buy a mention, a ranking, or a favourable review. If that ever changes—if I accept a sponsored post or a paid product feature—it will be labelled as such, clearly, at the top of the post in question, in addition to being noted here.
Pricing and availability
Any price mentioned in the text of an article was accurate at the time that article was written or last updated, and nothing more than that. Prices on Amazon move constantly, sometimes several times a day.
Product prices and availability are accurate as of the date and time indicated in the relevant article and are subject to change. Any price and availability information displayed on Amazon.com at the time of purchase will apply to the purchase of the product.
Always check the live listing before you buy. If you spot a price in an article that has drifted badly out of date, telling me about it is a genuine kindness—my contact details are at the bottom of this page.
Cookies and tracking
Clicking an affiliate link typically sets a cookie in your browser that identifies this site as the source of the referral. That cookie has a limited lifespan set by the retailer, and it exists solely so the commission is attributed correctly. It does not follow you around the internet on my behalf, and I cannot read it.
For the full picture of what is stored and why, see the Privacy Policy.
Reviews, ratings, and content from Amazon
Where product images, titles, or details from Amazon appear on this site, they are displayed through Amazon’s own approved tools and remain the property of Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. Customer reviews and star ratings are not reproduced here except where served directly by Amazon through those tools. Any assessment of a product written in my own words is my own opinion, not a summary of anyone else’s.
Trademarks
Product names, logos, and brands mentioned on this site are the property of their respective owners. Their use here is for identification and editorial commentary only and does not imply endorsement of Branding Design Pro by those owners, or any affiliation with them.
No guarantees
Recommendations on this site reflect my professional experience and judgement. They are not a warranty. Design tools that suit my workflow may not suit yours, and no article here should be treated as a substitute for your own evaluation of a purchase, particularly an expensive one. Branding Design Pro LLC accepts no liability for purchasing decisions made on the basis of content published here.
Your right to opt out
If you would rather I did not earn a commission on a purchase, simply navigate to the retailer directly instead of clicking the link. It will not offend me, and the recommendation stands either way—it is the same product at the same price. Recommendations here are made because I think they are correct, not because of what they pay.
Compliance
This disclosure is published in accordance with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission’s Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising (16 CFR Part 255) and with the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program Operating Agreement. If you believe any content on this site falls short of those standards, I want to hear about it and will correct it.
Questions
If anything on this page is unclear, or you want to know whether a specific link is an affiliate link, ask me. I will tell you.
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This page was last reviewed on August 13, 2026 and will be updated whenever the site’s monetization changes.